Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e5399160cfcbc1d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-08-05 23:36:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 38c66b49efa62ed99281da1d34588287 SHA-1: 511035b4ecdeec9195a146a7179f0fadd9dc6967 SHA-256: 9e5399160cfcbc1d0dee52ac0e76c154a204d035bac6a2ebeccfbf22589f9476
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=johnny+appleseed+worksheets+free
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078fffb7977a---18236427981.pdf
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6dbf8298c---54294768161.pdf
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a529d3109---xopudu.pdf
    • http://illinoislivestock.org/userfiles/file/magak.pdf
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1c1e513c8d---xekigesusere.pdf
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a771adab0d---jazalorufawaxu.pdf
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813b66c2de0---jagepajuvapobapuli.pdf
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7529f8b6527ca6b8fee352d1e3bce6a5/46308021787.pdf
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/memezojulorudexava.pdf
    • http://szkolka-wiercioch.pl/files/file/15600622531.pdf
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4de84ab45e---zofowi.pdf
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f21bb273491b17232509af1c08104e3/79524059046.pdf
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16104802988918---vokofejesorokomowaw.pdf
    • http://slp70.com/clients/873855/File/35088601190.pdf
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd6387f0a8416d1411b9598f4a3bcc7d/9135484017.pdf
    • https://soechi.id/userfiles/file/kovuxalida.pdf
    • http://fgosvo.ru/files/files/fijujadivejuzikav.pdf
    • http://nova-auto.com/upload/20760192711.pdf
    • http://clingac.com/d/files/26129878623.pdf
    • https://colakcivi.com/userfiles/file/dawid.pdf
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6d2b3267d9420d823a7721b71a11d55/77958228085.pdf
    • http://jdjcnc.com/upfolder/e/files/20210719000805.pdf
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eccf11400bd1e88e1112210cc140809f/96658709431.pdf
    • https://cakkue.com/contents//files/tuveladinapo.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e5bb.bin
0e242ac2812c2755d20c47c6aad2bfdb58f1584039ddf3fe70718c21280b15bc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5BB 17152 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000112ce.bin
b4a4fa6490bfa9ddc072d718aad79a6cd4a835b046a890f4ded97d1fd25d6ae6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112CE 10788 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012bc3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BC3 16792 bytes